Stove



C. J. BERGLANN.

STOVE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20, 19l9.

Patented June 15, 1920.

INVENTOR M M ATTORNEY UNITED CHRISTIAN BEEGLANN, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

i srovn specifigation of Letters Patent; Patenfgd Jane 15, 1920, I

v Application filed September 20, 1919. Serial No. 325,252.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN J. BERG- LANN, a citizen of the United States,res'iding at Seattle, in' the eounty'of King and State of Washington, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Stoves,

of which the following is a specification; 7 My invention relates to improvements. in, stoves for use on shipboard and is in the nature of an improvementon the stove disclosed in my prior application for Letters Patent filed November 27, 1919, Serial No. 264,726, and the object of my invention is to simplify the construction of stoves of this class and render the same more convenient and efiicient in operation.

More specific objects are, to improve the form of the support or standard on which the stove is carried so that it will not be'in the way of a person using the stove; to improve themeans of suspending the stove by providing a universal ball bearing joint; and to provide an improved top plate and improved means forv securing a cooking utensil on said top plate. 1

My invention consists in the novel construction, adaptation and combination, of parts of a ship stove as will be more clearly hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

I accomplish these objects by devices illustratedin the accompanying drawings wherein q V Figure 1 is a view substantially in vertical mid-section of-a stove embodying my invention. 1

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; and I Fig. 3 is a view partly in cross-section and partly'in plan of the same substantially on broken line 3, 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, throughout which like reference numerals indicate-like parts, the numeral 5 designates a circular basering which is provided on one side with a rigid upright support 6 that has an inwardly projecting arm 7 at its top end, the arm 7 terminating in an enlarged portion 8, disposed directly above the center of the base ring 5 and arranged to form a bearing socket 10 that is provided with annular ball races, wherein are disposed balls 11.

The bearing socket 10 is adapted for the reception of a relatively large ball 12 that is supported for universal movement by the smaller balls 11.

' The ball 12 has a pipe or fuel conduit 13, extending therethrough, the upper end of said conduit being connected with a gas burner 14:, that is arranged above a priming pan 15, and the lower or downwardly projecting end of such fuel conduit being arranged to project into and being rigidly secured to a lamp bowl 16. 7 f The upper portion ofthe lamp 'bo'wl 16 is adapted for the reception of'liquid fuel as kerosene and is provided with a fuel inlet 17, an air pressure regulating valve 18 and an air pump 20. The lower end of the bowl 16 is relatively thick and heavy as indi- 'eated at 21 so that the bowl formsa Weight which serves to retain the stove mechanism in a vertical position at all times, regardless of the angle into which the frame is tilted. 22 isa circular plate that is provided with acentral opening 23 and is supported in concentric relation to the burner 14, by three upright bracket members 24 that are secured at equidistant points to the periphery of such plate and that extend downwardlyin convergent relation and are secured to thelamp bowl 16. i

The circular plate 22 slopes downwardly from the center to the periphery thereof so that liquids as grease and the likethat may be spilled upon said plate will quickly drain therefrom; T r

The circular plate 22 is provided at four equidistant points with radially arranged upwardlyprojecting ridges 25 that are adaptedto support a cooking utensihas a pan 29, in the spaced relation above the plate'22. I i v The' device for retaining the cooking utensil 29 on the top of plate 22 comprises 'two substantially semi-circular arm's v 26 The arm26 is' free atone end and is pivoted atits other end asat 28 by passing it downwardly through a suitable perforation in the plate 22 and that portion 30 of said tion 37 that projects downwardly through the plate 22 and is then bent, as shown in Fig. 2, to form a portion 38 that is provided the bell crank lever 35 in the opposite direction.

From the above description it will be seen.

that the entire stove with the exception of the frame portions 5, 6 and 7 is suspended from the ball 12 which is mounted for universal movement in the bearing bracket 10 and that the relatively heavy bowl 16 will always serve to maintain the stove in a vertical position regardless of the angular "position into which the frame is turned.

The plate 22 is supported by the upright arms 24; which are rigidly secured .to the bowl 16 and which always serve to maintain said plate in a horizontal position and in fixed relation with respect to the burner 14.

If desired, the base ring 5 may be placed within a pan 42 which may serve to catch the drippings from the stove.

The universal joint formed by the ball 12 and bearing socket. 10 has very little friction so that the bearing socket 10 oscillates about the ball 12freely without disturbing the balance of the stove when the supporting frame structure is turned into various angular positions by rolling of a ship. I

Manifestly changes may be made in the forms, dimensions and arrangement of parts of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof.

What I claim is: 1

1. A ship stove comprising a bearing socket, a ball supported for unive'rsalmovement within said socket, a burner pipe, a relatively heavy burner bowl on the lower end of said pipe, aburner on the upper end of said pipe, a plate arranged above said burner and means connected with said bowl for supporting said plate.

2. A ship stove comprising a bearing socket, a ball supported for universal move ment within saidsocket, a fuel conduit projecting above and below said ball and having a passageway through said ball, a relatively heavy burner on'the lower end of said fuel conduit, a burner on the upper end of said fuelc'onduit, and means rigid with respect to said burner for supporting a cooking utensil above said burner.

3. A ship stove comprising a frame, a bearing socket in said frame, a ball supported for universal movement, fuel conduit means rigid with said ball and projecting upwardly and downwardly v'therefrom, a burner bowl secured to the lower end of said fuel conduit means, supports secured to said burner bowl and extending upwardly therefrom to a point above said ball, a plate secured to the upper end of said support and a burner arranged below the center of said plate and connected with the upper end of said fuel conduit means. I r

4. A ship stove comprising a circular base ring, a support extending upwardly from one side ofsaid base'ring and thence wardly to a point above the, center of said base ring,a ball bearing socket on said support above the center of said base ring, a

ball supported for universal movement within said bearing socket, a burner pipe extending through said ball and rigidly secured thereto, a relatively heavy burner bowl on the bottom end of said burner pipe,,a

burner on the upper end of said burner pipe,

brackets secured to said bowl and projecting upwardly therefrom, a plate supported on said brackets said plate having a central opening arranged adjacent said burner and 1 means associated with said plate for engaging and holding a cooking utensil.

5. The combination with'a burner, of a circular plate supported above said burner in concentric relation with respect to'said burner said platehaving a centralopening and the top surface of said plate sloping downwardly from the center to the periphery thereof, radially arranged ribs on the top of said plate for supporting a cooking utensil above the surface of said plate and means for engaging the sides of a cooking utensil to secure the same on said plate.

In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 6th day of September, A. D.

. c RIsTiANJ; BERGIlANN. 

